Improving the medicare market : adding choice and protections / Committee on Choice and Managed Care: Assuring Public Accountability and Information for Informed Purchasing by and on Behalf of Medicare Beneficiaries ; Stanley B. Jones and Marion Ein Lewin, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Overview -- 2 Symposium Summary -- 3 Findings and Recommendations -- References -- References Consulted* -- A Additional Commentary Regarding Choice Facilitating Organizations -- B Invitational Symposium Agenda -- C Symposium Participants -- D Commissioned Papers -- E The Structure and Accountability for Medicare Health Plans: Government, the Market, and Professionalism -- F Best Practices for Structuring and Facilitating Consumer Choice of Health Plans

""G Medicare Managed Care: Issues for Vulnerable Populations""""H Reaching and Educating Medicare Beneficiaries About Choice""; ""I What Information Do Consumers Want and Need: What Do We Know About How They Judge Quality and Accountability?""; ""J Medicare Managed Care: Protecting Consumers and Enhancing Satisfaction""; ""K Medicare Managed Care: Current Requirements and Practices to Ensure Accountability""; ""L What Should Be the Basic Ground Rules for Plans Being Able to Participate in the Medicare Managed Care Market? Case Study: The California Public Employees� Retirement System""

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